However, despite the exciting build-up, viewers were then forced to watch nothing happen as the suit took its time powering up - and became so loud that we could barely hear presenter Tommy Sandhu talk.

Proving there is nothing quite like live TV, when it finally did get up in the air, Richard Browning - the man in the suit - only hovered about a foot in the air before coming back down to earth.

The jet pack technology was the first of its kind - and requires some adjustments